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Kurt Gottschalk's Top 12 for 2014

By Kurt Gottschalk
December 17, 2014
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A dozen of my top picks and in no particular order.

Dave Burrell & Steve Swell
Turning Point
No Business

Neneh Cherry & FourTet
Blank Project
Smalltown Supersound

Gato Libre
Dudu
Libra

JazzWerkstatt Wien New Ensemble
Sympathikus-Parasympathikus
JazzWerkstatt

Ju Sei and Utah Kawasaki
U is for Utah
ftarri / meenna

David Krakauer
The Big Picture
Table Pounding Records

Potsa Lotsa Plus
Potsa Lotsa Plus plays Love Suite by Eric Dolphy
JazzWerkstatt

Andreas Schaerer / Lucas Niggle
Arcanum
Intakt

Wadada Leo Smith
The Great Lakes Suite
TUM Records

Tyshawn Sorey
Alloy
Pi Recordings

Aki Takase / Alexander von Schlippenbach
So Long, Eric! Homage to Eric Dolphy
Intakt

Bernie Worrell
Elevation: The Upper Air
M.O.D.

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